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USS Pawtuxet

Builder: Portsmouth Navy Yard

Launched: 19 March 1864

Acquired: 18 May 1864

Commissioned: 26 August 1864

Decommissioned: 15 June 1865

Fate: Sold, 15 October 1867

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Characteristics

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Class & Type: Sassacus-class gunboat

Tonnage: 974 long tons

Length: 205 ft.

Beam: 35 ft.

Draft: 9 ft. 3 in.

Depth of Hold: 11 ft. 6 in.

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Armament

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2 x 100 pounder Parrott rifles

4 x 9 in Dahlgren smoothbores

2 x 20-pounder Parrott rifles

2 x 24-pounder howitzers

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Battles

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North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

1st Battle of Fort Fisher

2nd Battle of Fort Fisher

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